Introduction

The University of Tennessee encourages all regular employees working 50 percent time and more to help make the University a better place to work by sharing their thoughts and suggestions through a statewide employee engagement survey. The survey is designed to gauge employees’ feelings of energy and purpose, diversity, satisfaction, benefits, culture, employee empowerment, learning and development, work-life balance and more.

Introduced in 2011, the survey is designed to gauge the opinions and needs of faculty and staff in areas including:

• Compensation, Recognition & Appreciation
• Benefits & Work/Life Balance
• Professional Development
• Communication
• Performance Management
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Job Fit
• Senior Leadership
• Connection of Job to UT’s Mission
• Resources & Support
• Collaboration
• Shared Governance